It's quite possible that Hugh Marlowe might have been limited to film comedy roles had he retained his given name of Hugh Herbert Hipple, but it's not likely that he would have garnered many laughs. A radio announcer and stage performer, Marlowe had a brief leading-man filing in the late 1930s, but was more effective from the mid-1940s onward as a second lead and character actor. His stiff, humorless demeanor served him well in many second parts at 20th Century-Fox in the 1950s. Director Howard Hawks cleverly exploited Marlowe's solemnity by casting the actor as foil to the childish antics of "fountain of youth" partaker Cary Grant in Monkey Business (1952). Marlowe also showed up in several science fiction films, notably The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) and World Without End (1956), wherein his somber approach lent a measure of credence to the proceedings. On television, Hugh Marlowe played Ellery Queen (a role he'd previously essayed on radio) in a 1954 syndicated series, and was the last of four actors to portray Jim Matthews on the NBC daytime drama Another World.
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The Last Shot You Hear
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1969 | |||
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The Violent Enemy
Book Author |
1969 | |||
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How to Steal the World
Actor |
1968 | |||
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Castle of Evil
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1966 | |||
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Seven Days in May
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1964 | |||
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13 Frightened Girls
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1963 | |||
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Birdman of Alcatraz
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1962 | |||
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The Long Rope
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1961 | |||
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Elmer Gantry
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1960 | |||
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The Black Whip
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1956 | |||
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World Without End
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1956 | |||
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Illegal
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1955 | |||
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Casanova's Big Night
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Garden of Evil
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1954 | |||
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Bugles in the Afternoon
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1952 | |||
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Diplomatic Courier
Voice |
1952 | |||
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Monkey Business
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1952 | |||
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Way of a Gaucho
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1952 | |||
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Rawhide
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1951 | |||
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All About Eve
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1950 | |||
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Night and the City
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1950 | |||
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Come to the Stable
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1949 | |||
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Twelve O'Clock High
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1949 | |||
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Meet Me in St. Louis
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1944 | |||
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Mrs. Parkington
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1944 | |||
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Between Two Women
Actor |
1937 | |||
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Married Before Breakfast
Actor |
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